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Lot 346. Fribourg 1934 AV 100 Franken coin watch
Piaget Coin-watch
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(Sunday, September 17th, 20:55:20 CEST)
Current time: Thursday, December 5th, 03:42:05 CET
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CHF 6'000.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 6'447.25 / USD 6'764.14 / GBP 5'338.06
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CHF 6'000.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2017-09-11, 09:24:01
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Bidder 1
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eAuction #57, Lot 346. Estimate: CHF 7'500.00
Switzerland. "Fribourg 100 Franken 1934" Coin-watch. Movement by the prestigious firm Piaget&Co (Geneva), around 1965. Inserted into a 100 Franken Tir Federal Fribourg 1934, Bern mint. Coin-watch with keyless winding and setting by the crown, in yellow 18 carats gold, circular shape, with invisible binding and lettered bond; opening secret at 3 hours on the bond. Golden metallic dial, with black painted radial indexes. Blued steel "baton" hands.
Dimensions: 32.4 mm (diameter) / 3.6 mm (thickness); 26.69 g. Signature: "PIAGET&CO / SWISS".
Extremely rare, most probably one of only two coin-watches built using the 100 Franken Fribourg 1934. Interesting horological-numismatic item. Uncirculated.
To realize this kind of coin-watch, the case builder has to use two coins, what makes a high price for this kind of article, and their rarity. Except Piaget, several watch companies did, during XXth century (twenties, then 1960/1970), produce this kind of watches: Audemars Piguet, Eska, Patek Philippe, Rolex, etc.
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